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 DrPeretz
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 grade of vermiculite! 
#967767 - 10/17/02 02:02 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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what if my vermiculite is so small that it looks like sand will this effect germination?
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Shaw
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Registered: 06/28/01
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Loc: midwest, usa
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 Re: grade of vermiculite! [Re: DrPeretz]
#967785 - 10/17/02 02:08 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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no
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XiC_clone
Calls Shots 'Round Here
Registered: 08/27/02
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Re: grade of vermiculite! [Re: DrPeretz]
#967936 - 10/17/02 03:07 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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coarse always worked better 4 me, but on such a miniscule scale it really doent matter.
I heard from a fellow myco that fine verm works as a better dry barrier, any truth in that?
-XiC
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LSAuser
Full figuredwomen rule!
Registered: 08/24/02
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Loc: Florida
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Re: grade of vermiculite! [Re: XiC_clone]
#968229 - 10/17/02 07:12 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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fine verm is good for a dry layer but poor as a substrate. it slows mycellum growth cause theres so little space and air and the mycellum has to squeeze thru the micro gaps. also the jars have a spotty pattern 1/2 colonized, 1/2 uncolonized.
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 Servator
Viral Agent
Registered: 08/30/02
Posts: 4,893
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Re: grade of vermiculite! [Re: LSAuser]
#968234 - 10/17/02 07:16 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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you got sources to back that up?
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LSAuser
Full figuredwomen rule!
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Re: grade of vermiculite! [Re: Servator]
#971666 - 10/18/02 07:48 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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I am living proof. my mycellum has been growing almost a month but damn, the fine verm has slowed the growth by 1/3 to 1/2 because the spaces are too small. Thats like trying to grow weed in in the 2-litter coke bottle! itll grow but much slower and stays small. I have no choice b/c this verm is all I can find. till I find verm half the size of a pea, I must use sand-sized verm 
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